劇場表演藝術 Theater Performing Arts

1. 劇場表演藝術Theater Performing Arts 授課教授: 段馨君 Ph.D. in Theater from UCLA Associate Professor Department of Humanities and Social Sciences National Chiao Tung University iristuan@mail.nctu.edu.tw Office Hour: Fri. 3-5 p.m.

2. Week One • Things to do: • Introduction to Theater Performing Arts • Explain the syllabus • Get the students’ English names • Divide small groups for oral presentation • Select a class representative • Show the film clips

3. Phantom of the Opera 影片連結

4. Introduction • Part One: Foundations (Ch. 1-3) addresses basic issues and features related to the nature of theatre, • To the role of audiences, • To the varied criteria for judging theatrical performances, • And to dramatic structure and style.

5. Preface • Part Two: Varieties of Theatrical Experience • Looks at various theatrical experiences from theatre’s past and present. • These experiences suggest that, • as a vital form of creative expression, • theatre changes to reflect the dynamics of the cultures within which it exists.

6. Preface • Part Three: Theatrical Production (Ch. 11-17) • Provides an overview of theatre production today: • The principles, • practices, and procedures • used in the creation of theatre.

7. Shakespeare’s The Tempest 影片連結

8. Features • Discussions of theatre as a form of art • Critical approaches to theatre, • the role of an audience, • and script analysis serve as a foundation for students • Introducing students to the craft • And encouraging students to cultivate an appreciation for the theatre arts.

9. History of Theatre • From the theatre of the ancient Greeks; • To the major movements of the medieval, • Renaissance, • Enlightenment, • And modern eras; • To today’s diversity of stage performances is covered.

10. Theatre Arts • How each of the theatre arts functions as a part of the total production is covered in detail: • The theatrical space and production design, • Playwriting and dramaturgy, • Directing and producing, • Acting, • scene design, • Costume design and makeup, • And lighting and sound design.

11. Text and Course • All discussions in the text and in this course are supported by numerous interesting and meaningful examples of plays, players, and playwrights.

12. Textbook • Buy the textbook at the 全民 Bookstore • The Essential Theatre. 8th Edition. Oscar G. Brockett & Robert J. Ball. U.S.A.: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2004. • Any question, contact the Bookman Store (書林): • 陳建賓先生 團體訂書 • (02)2368-7226 ext. 111

13. TA Name: 葉書豪 Institution: 交大資工所 Email: andy910389@gmail.com Cell phone #: 0963464558 Lab. #59284

14. Ch1. The Nature of Theatre 1. The Basic Elements of Theatre 2. Theatre as a Form of Art 3. Special Qualities of Theatre 4. Art and Value

15. Ch1. The Nature of Theatre • Early rites was only incidentally theatrical • Storytelling and mimicry • By theatrical terminology (play, show, acting) that suggests that theatre is the product of grown-ups • Considered theatre not only an acceptable form of entertainment but also a truthful reflection of human behavior

16. The Basic Elements of Theatre (1/3) • What is performed (script, scenario, or plan) • Such events as street carnivals and parades types of theatre • A performs B for C • Theatre does not require a script, dialogue, or conflict • Theatrical entertainments. • Whereas others find the essence of theatre to be its capacity to provoke thought or action about significant issues

17. The Basic Elements of Theatre (2/3) • Theatre’s second ingredient, the performance, is equally complex • The performance takes place in space that can vary from a building • A musical involves even more: composer, instrumentalists, singers, choreographer, and dancers • Popular musicals as Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, or The Lion King • Peter Brook in his book The Empty Space: “I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage.”

18. The Basic Elements of Theatre (3/3) • The third ingredient of the theatre is the audience • This live three-way interaction is a distinctive characteristic of theatre • Off-Broadway and regional theatres with lower costs and ticket prices • These three elements – script, performance, and audience • Responses to theatre are inescapably varied

19. Theatre as a Form of Art (1/4) • Theatre is a form of art • Not always comfortable or comforting. • It often insists on its right to look at the world in unpopular ways • Challenge our ways of looking at ourselves and the standards of the culture • Systematic application of known principles to achieve some predetermined result • Divide the arts into two groups, “useful” and “fine”

20. Theatre as a Form of Art (2/4) • The word art has come to be used as a value judgment • Popular culture and elitist culture • Popular culture:encompass such forms of expression as rock music, television sitcoms, advertising art, and musical comedy • Elitist culture :encompass those kinds of music usually heard in concert halls, the visual art shown in galleries and museums, and many of the theatrical productions seen in not-for-profit or regional theatres

21. Theatre as a Form of Art (3/4) • It employs easily recognizable character types, situations, and dramatic conventions, manipulating them with sufficient inventiveness • When Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot was first performed in the 1950s, many spectators were unable to relate to a play in which there was no discernible storyline beyond two tramps waiting for someone who never arrived. • “Nobody comes, nobody goes. It’s terrible.”

22. Theatre as a Form of Art (4/4) • Can imagined experience be a way of knowing and understanding? • “All the world’s stage, / And all the men and women merely players.” • Samuel Taylor Coleridge called a “willing suspension of disbelief” • Esthetic distance • This feeling of involvement is sometimes called empathy

23. Art and Value • Art is valuable for its capacity to improve the quality of life – by bringing us pleasure, by sharpening our perceptions, by increasing our sensitivity to others and our surroundings, by suggesting that moral and societal concerns should take precedence over materialistic goals • One purpose of this book is to affirm the value of theatre

24. Theater Films Chekhov’s The Seagull • 影片連結

25. Greek Tragedy Oedipus the King • 影片連結

26. The Best of Riverdance, Feet of Flames 影片連結

27. Assignments • Make sure the weekly group presentations • Preview if you can